Huddie Hamper, born 1999, Chatham, UK is a figurative painter and musician.
After completing a foundation at UCA Rochester, Huddie went on to study painting at the Slade School of Fine Art, from which he graduated in 2021. He’s first solo Exhibition was at Lilford Gallery, Canterbury in 2022.
He contributed work to White Columns, NY 2022 Benefit Exhibition and is also singer and guitarist in The Shadracks with whom he has released two LP records. Huddie lives in London and continues to paint at the Billy Childish Studio in Chatham.
'I find painting a pleasure. My work is intuitive by nature, expressing aspects of my current life and psychological states. There is an urge to create, to describe forms in paint that feel natural to me and I aim to communicate the beauty, and sometimes darkness, that is in the world around us. I do not wish to impose a pre-determined meaning of the themes in my work onto the viewer; but to let the painting talk for itself.
The process of creating the work is in essence a means of discovery, to be fundamentally grounded in the personal human experience yet retrain a sense of mystery. There are many divides in our culture, both local and universal, and I would hope that through seeing simple balance of form, line and colour on a canvas, a painter can do a small part in closing those divides; to bridge gaps between the minds of people is surely why we indulge in manifesting our creative spirit.'